Mother’s Day at the Grove Farm Market. Belle Ishida of Watchara Farm gets a final hug to daughter Kailani, 6 months old, before the bell sounds to start The Grove Farm Market on Saturday, May 10, 2025. Ishida, with her experience at Big Monster, said she just started her food truck, Ocha Thai and Sushi, in Kapaa near No Ka.
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Sheldon and Kristyn Peralta and their daughter enjoy the final day of Mei Makeke near the Simply Sisters space on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at the Kukui Grove Center.
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Jonathan Chun of Hui Alu, presenters of the Okinawa Festival on Saturday, May 10, 2025, introduces Derek Sone of Sone’s Delicatessen, and thanks him for serving all that good food so so long at Kukui Grove.
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Tyler Saito and his group of volunteer lawyers are ready to meet the public on Saturday, May 10, 2025, during The Grove Farm market as an outreach for the State Bar Association Law Day and Law Week.
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Hope all the hard-working moms had a chance to enjoy Mother’s Day … were there any at the volunteer Young Lawyers who turned out on Saturday at The Grove Farm Market as part of the Hawaii State Bar Association Law Day and Law Week celebration? Judge Gregory Meyers said it’s not over, yet. The Judiciary presents the winners of this year’s art contest at the courthouse, and we celebrate the start of Police Week today.
Hope all the hard-working moms had a chance to enjoy Mother’s Day … were there any at the volunteer Young Lawyers who turned out on Saturday at The Grove Farm Market as part of the Hawaii State Bar Association Law Day and Law Week celebration? Judge Gregory Meyers said it’s not over, yet. The Judiciary presents the winners of this year’s art contest at the courthouse, and we celebrate the start of Police Week today.
Vanessa Duarte of Da Wicked Brew thought the new Spam Bagel was good enough, chef created one even before the customer orders. Patty of Kauai Partea was trying to figure out how to dress up the Dirty Mud Boba Float in time for Okinawa Festival (emcee Jonathan Chun paid special tribute to Dereck Sone of Sone’s Delicatessen for providing good food at the Kukui Grove Center where Times Supermarket, according to Jonathan, started out as a restaurant.
Cherie Cabadibg figured out how to do the Dirty Mud Boba Float while promoting the newest branch of the Kauai Diner that opened in The Shops at Kukuiula, just in time for the Night Market for Mother’s Day. Stacie Chiba Miguel said Scottie Brown’s restaurant and bar also made the deadline and opened the week of the Night Market.
Congratulations to Kristyn Peralta on coordinating the Mei Makeke that wrapped up on Mother’s Day when shoppers were rummaging through the bins for whatever was left at Shipreck Hawaii (Courtney Wilson said it was busy!), and you could enter Simply Sisters through the main makeke on Sunday.
Sheldon said once Kristyn clears the makeke, Bubbah’s Toy Box starts setting up for the Kauai Collectors Con that starts May 16 (it’s the same time as the Kauai Community College graduation) with Trade Night, and continues on May 17 and 18. Sheldon said there will be both Kauai and off-island collectors of Pokemon, sports cards, comics, coins, diecast, anime and more (how about a special appearance for the character starring in the soon-to-be-released “Lilo and Stitch 2” who was a panelist at last year’s Comic Con?)
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Dennis Fujimoto can be reached at 245-0453 or at dfujimoto@thegardenisland.com.
